# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at MENARD, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019076767` · 7/5/2019 · EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Staples
- **Secondary source:** Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic
## Employer
- **Name:** MENARD, INC.
- **Location:** Truss Plant, Building 5, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54703
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic staple gun to secure components of a wooden truss together. The gun shot a staple into the knuckle of the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*